I downloaded Libreoffice last night, and had to just let it run in the background because it's a large transfer. Now, I don't know where it is, it doesn't appear to be in downloads, and I don't know if it's in the form of a pet or what.

This will make a SFS package of LibreOffice for loading to a frugal install of Puppy.
However, if you left click on the SFS package it is suppose to install to a Full install Puppy like a pet package does.

If you actually manually get a LibreOffice package from their web site. deb packages usually work in Puppy.
Click on them like you do for a pet package to install.
They may or may not make menu entries.

The Puppy Package Manager has a more recent version, but even that has been superseded. The latest stable version is 6.0.7. I have tried to install it to replace 5.4, but although it opens it doesn't find the graphics (icons etc).

A how-to on installing the latest version would I am sure be of interest to many people.

bigpup wrote:

Install this and use it to get LibreOffice
Should put a entry in menu>Document to run it.
This finds, downloads, a LibreOffice package that works in Puppy..

The Puppy Package Manager has a more recent version, but even that has been superseded. The latest stable version is 6.0.7. I have tried to install it to replace 5.4, but although it opens it doesn't find the graphics (icons etc).

A how-to on installing the latest version would I am sure be of interest to many people.

bigpup wrote:

Install this and use it to get LibreOffice
Should put a entry in menu>Document to run it.
This finds, downloads, a LibreOffice package that works in Puppy..

Could you give more details on why Get LibreOffice did not work for you?
Did you see any errors when using it?
You did understand that Get LibreOffice is a program you run to download and install LibreOffice?

I just used Get LibreOffice V0.43
It offered the stable versions of LibreOffice up to 6.1.3 and the unstable testing versions up to 6.2

It downloaded and made a working sfs package of LibreOffice 6.1.3. All features and icons work.
SFS package loaded in a frugal installed Puppy

Trying to install a sfs package into a full install of Puppy could be an issue. I understand you are using a full install.

Any help you can provide to maybe uncover a bug in Get LibreOffice will help!

Highly recommended. Frugal simply means that it "frugally" uses your hard-drive: not requiring an entire partition to itself. It is otherwise the same OS as "Full", except that Frugal provides more flexibility, is more secure, can be backed-up, thus easily recovered and provides several other options not available with Full.

Frugal was the original design. Full was developed at a time when having more than 256 Mbs of RAM was an expensive luxury. Under that circumstance a Full install enabled quicker bootup and application opening. With more than 256 Mbs of RAM and today's more powerful CPUs, the difference is measured in micro-seconds.

Full is only recommended for computers with less than 256 Mbs of RAM or when compiling applications. Unfortunately, there are hundreds of Puppy ISOs and scores of Puppy reviews which don't come with that warning.

Good to know. I started using Puppy when my computers had typically about 512 megs of RAM. Full install is what I have always done. I never knew the advantages of a frugal install because I have never used on except on old laptops with WinXP. Thanks._________________Dell optiplex 780, Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E7500 @ 2.93GHz, 4g RAM, w/ATI RV620 LE Radeon HD 3450. Currently running a full install of Slacko 6.3.0 ( 32 bit version).

With a Frugal install on a Linux formatted drive/partition you'll have a choice between created a SaveFile (compressed, fixed-size but resize-able) or a SaveFolder (uncompressed and automatically grows as needed). The application running to create it will recommend a SaveFolder. But, I prefer SaveFiles. If you have any questions, search or ask.

The files to copy from the mounted Slacko ISO are exactly the same as those mentioned in the posts, except two will have slacko in its name rather than tahr.

The SaveFile or SaveFolder you create on first shutdown will be automatically placed in the folder you created --unless you select a different partition for it. [Don't, unless you have a good reason]. After you boot into your Frugal Slacko with a SaveFile and are satisfied that it is working properly, you can safely delete everything on that partition not in that folder and before shutdown run grub4dos to create a new menu.lst unless your frugal Puppy's folder is on the same partition as your bootloader. If it is on the same partition, and you have any uncertainty as to what files not to delete --needed by your bootloader-- it's best take a screenshot of the partition and ask.

Yes, the 6.1.3 is the version I downloaded. Installing the SFS onto a full install is the problem. I might just reinstall Slacko as a frugal. Thanks, everybody.

Thanks for the info!

I kind of figured that was the problem.
SFS packages are suppose to install into a full installed Puppy, just like a pet package, but do seem to not do it very well.
This could be something missing in the sfs package, but not sure what.
The sfs package of LibreOffice works OK used as a loaded sfs in a frugal installed Puppy.

Yes!
Use Puppy as a frugal install and you will never look back!
Best if you can install to a ext 3 or 4 formatted partition.
That way the save can be a save folder.Last edited by bigpup on Sun 18 Nov 2018, 17:34; edited 1 time in total

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